Latest News on Forensic Science and Criminal Law
-
Join 227 other subscribers
Monthly Archives: December 2014
DNA versus ABFO bitemark opinion and the FBI CODIS gaff denies chance to find the real murderer
Click picture for Gerard’s post exoneration video The NY Innocence Projects’s fight to identify a murderer is blocked by a ridiculous FBI rule about “lawyer lab certification.” All this started with another wrongful conviction ( N=1480 at the National Registry … Continue reading
Posted in ABFO, Bitemarks, criminal justice, junk forensic science, wrongful convictions
Tagged CODIS, DNA, exoneration
3 Comments
#Forensics in Michael Brown shooting : Chaos, uncertainty and confusion in the Press and now….Silence?
Originally posted on FORENSICS and LAW in FOCUS @ CSIDDS | News and Trends:
Summary and comment: The staid demeanor of most forensic science CSI shows and public conventions has been contradicted by the explosion of news media coverage of forensics related…
Posted in Uncategorized
Leave a comment
Despite DNA, California Courts say Expert testimony is “merely an opinion” and “can’t be false”
FIGHTING FOR FREEDOM This past year has been a tremendous success for the California Innocence Project on many fronts, from successes in the courtroom to increased media and public awareness of our cause and mission. 2014 also saw success in … Continue reading
Forensic science review : 40 years of assuming “unique dental profiling” now considered unproven – AGAIN
The vagaries of what is “science” is a topic of interest to historians and those in the science business as part of their training. “Scientific advance” is what is expected to be the outcome. An odd variant is when some … Continue reading
FORENSICS and LAW in FOCUS @ CSIDDS | News and Trends 